Shirley Cheng

Shirley Cheng

Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Equity

Shirley Cheng is a portfolio manager of MetLife’s general account in the Equity Strategies Group. She is responsible for overseeing and implementing all of the general account’s equity real estate investment activities, partnering with MetLife Investment Management’s regional leaders and acquisitions/asset management teams.

Cheng joined MetLife in 2016 as an asset manager in the San Francisco Regional Office and was appointed to her current role in 2018. Prior to joining MetLife, she held acquisitions, asset management and portfolio management positions at Citigroup Property Investors, Tishman Speyer and New York Life Real Estate Investors. 

Cheng received a BA in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a MS in Real Estate from Columbia University.